Strangely enough, I received a similar notice from this "ebayer". It would seem his intentions are to try and warn us that we are doing something illegal.

I guess the question is; if a casino has been closed for some amount of time, and the States Gaming Commission doesn't have a policy of destroying chips and certainly didn't see fit too destroy these chips in question - what expectations can they have that these collectible pieces of memorabilia won't make their way into the market place?

The other wierd thing was my warning came in regards to some California chips (Vineyards) that I just sold for the first time in my life. A client who purchased a fair amount of my fantasy/commemorative chips "Rounders Card Club - New York" had traded in their Vineyards against their purchase and I sold the Vineyards off to recoup the trade-in dollars...

I primarily sell fantasy chips, and rarely get into real US casino chips - so this warning seemed to come out of the blue as quite a surprise to me.

If it is wrong to do it, then I am about as guilty as a Sunday School J-Walker compared to Drunk'en Speeding Homicidal Maniac running away from the police in a high speed chase. (sorry for the rationalization - I am guilty - I sold 540 Vineyard chips last week)